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A. H. BOSWORTH CONTAINER Filed April 14 v1921 ATTORNEYS Patented July 31, i923.

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ARTHUR H. BOSWORTH, OF WICH'IA, KANSAS.k

CONTAINER;

Application tiled April 14, 1921. Serial No. 461,173.

can be made much more economically than' hitherto has been possible and with a niinimum expenditure ot time and labor.

VAnother object resides 'in the provision of ineans whereby the container may be made of a minimum number otparts and yet result in a strong, compact and service able article.

A further objeetresides in the particular construction and arrangement oi'` partsV which are hereinafter ldescribed and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which'- Figure lis a side elevation oi' the device showing the cap portions in section;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal elevation through the body portion ot the Vcontainer prior to the assembly of it in its final tering and Y v j Figure 3 is a plan view of the device. The preferred embodiment o t my invention, as shown in the drawings, com;A rises a receptacle l which is of any desired shape but is preferably termed.l as shown in the drawings, as a hollow cylindrical container vliicli near the ends is provided with rolled beads 2 and 3. The end portions ot the cylinder l are provided with a plurality ot prongsl or points l and 5, which may be cut out of the metal ot the container in any desired manner and by any suitable process. These prongs are so cut that when they are bent over in the ymanner shown inV Fig. 5

v of the drawings, a plurality of slots 6 are I Bostormed between the prongs,- and a centralV aperture such as 7 is provided substantially coincident with the lono'itudinal aXis ci4 the cylinder l. Suitably drawn and formed caps, such as 8 and 9, can be made to place over the ends ot the container when desired.

The cylinder or container isV made or'k seamless tubing. lt can be cut,v beaded,

drawn and bent by a much fewer number or operations than hitherto has been pos'-v sible.V i,

rl`his container is adapted in one or 'its uses to receive medicated material, suoli Vas menthol, so thatthe container can bevused as an inlialer. ritter the material is placed within the container, the prongs are bent ovcr, as represented by thesnui'neral 5, in

order to hold the material within the container.V l/Vhen the container is not inu'se as an iiilialer, the caps Sand 9 are'pla'ced over the ends. f

T he Jtact tliatthe container is made or' one piece of material eliminates the possibility ot its coming` apart and spilling the material. This fact also eliminates the possibility of the container very easily Vbeing refilled with interior goods.

Liore rapidly than can other styles.

lt will be evident that the particular size and shape of the prongs Yand the tube, and final shape when assembled, are not material to the invention, various modifications in the .torni and arrangement and construction of the parts being possible and still be within the spirit of 'theinvention What claim is: Y Y

A container comprising a body portion in the form of an open-ended hollow eylin` der made of a single piece ot seainlessrmetallic tubing, a beadji'ornied integrally .in the body portion adjacent eachend, the

ends ot the tubing being bent or 'curved vtoy partly close the ends of the tubing and a pair of stamped metallic caps adapted to lfit f Also, Vbecause or this structure, the tubes .canv be filled 

